In the Program in Occupational Therapy, students must comply with specific requirements within the program, College of Pharmacy (CoP), and Academic Health Sciences (AHS). Once students are admitted to the program they will receive instructions about how to meet compliance requirements and to maintain compliance through program completion. Students can find information about compliance requirements and policies below as well as the student handbook, Academic Health Sciences, and Boynton Health.
Compliance Requirements
OT students are required to be compliant with the following requirements by August 1 prior to enrolling in the program:
Criminal Background Study (students will be sent specific instructions by admissions)
Basic Life Support Training for Healthcare Professionals (BLS) via American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Required Training Modules
HIPAA & Information Security Training, (renewed annually)
Sexual Assault Prevention
Meet expectations for the program’s Technical Standards
Additional requirements as indicated by specific clinical sites
During the onboarding process, you will receive more information about which requirements are necessary at the point of matriculating into the program, and which will be required to complete later in the program. You will also receive information regarding the process to request deadline extensions for these requirements.
Students can access the following documents if needed by a clinical site:
- Background Studies: Students can log in to the DHS NETStudy homepage to access their background study under "Documents."
- Immunizations: Please go to Boynton Health to access your immunization records and to determine what is required to become compliant. If you need to provide your preceptor with a more detailed account of your immunization dates than what is available on the portal, contact Boynton at 612-624-2121 to request your immunization record.
Failure to comply with these requirements or receive an approved extension request will result in a registration hold placed on your account, and unenrollment of courses.